F3 Knoxville

Thursday Morning Square Dance

THE SCENE: Perfect weather for some character building
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  1. Side-Straddle Hop: 20 x 4 count
  2. Cherry-Picker: 10 x 4 count
  3. Imperial Walker: 10 x 4 count
  4. Baby Arm Circles: 12 x 4 count
  5. THE Merkin: 15 x 4 count

THA-THANG: 

  • Mosey (with the American flag of course) to bridge across Big Ball AO
    • 2 lines formed on either side of the bridge
    • G-6 & Steam lead the two lines across safely
    • Mosey to the bottom half of Market Square
  • The Square Dance
    • 2 man battle buddy teams assembled
    • Steam explained the logistics of the Square Dance
      • 4 corners around Market Square (C1 – C4)
    • C1: 20 Merkins
      • Sprint to C2
    • C2: 20 Squats
      • Lunge to C3
    • C3: 20 Side Straddle Hops (SSHs)
      • Sprint to C4
    • C4: 20 Baby Crunches
    • Repeat Square dance –> decreasing by 5 reps every time with battle buddy
    • Switch it up & reverse it after 2nd go around (go the other way)
  • Mosey Back Towards AO
    • Flag in front
    • Route: Market Square –> Gay Street –> Across Henley St. Bridge
    • Guppy takes control of flag
      • 2 lines formed on either side of Bridge going across Big Ball AO
      • Guppy runs in the middle (yellow stripes) with the flag while G-6 & Steam lead two lines of PAX across the bridge safely
    • Steam calls cadences –> PAX repeats forcefully and powerfully
      • “F3”
      • “Good For You”
      • “Good For Me”
      • “HUH!”
      • “HA-HA”
  • PAX halts at field separating them from AO warm-up area.
    • Green Card takes control of the flag
    • Green card leads PAX with flag out front in a 100% all out sprint across the field back to the AO #LeaveNothingInTheTank
  • Final 120 seconds
    • Side Straddle Hop (SSH): 20 x 4 count
    • 10 burpees on your own to end it

MARY:

  • Heavy breathing and confidence radiated from PAX post THA-THANG
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

    • 23 PAX & 4 FNGs
    • FNGs
      • Lax Bro
      • Four
      • Captain Jack
      • Special Sauce

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

  • “Keep the Faith” & “Fight the Good Fight”
    • Two of Steam’s favorite phrases/sayings. Looking around in the world we live in today it can be hard to really and truly “keep the faith” and/or “fight the good fight.” Let God do his thing and simply understand this: He’s got this. Don’t let the world get you down – stay strong brothers. God’s got you covered day in, day out and He will help you Keep the Faith AND Fight the Good Fight no matter where you are or what you’re going through.
    • #KeepTheFaith
    • #FightTheGoodFight
  • Prayer Requests
    • Woodshack’s mother and their family  – car wreck

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2nd F Event THIS Friday at Tank’s house: Cornhole Tournament & Fellowship.

Saturday Big Ball AO will be kicking off before the end of 2017 – keep on the lookout.

F3 GrowRuck is coming up 17 Nov. – 19 Nov. –> Contact Pfeiffer or Cap’n Crunch for more info.

7-11’s

THE SCENE
67 & Clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA

2 laps around the parking lot

THA-THANG
Mosey to pavilion
11s of Picnic Table Pull-ups and Step Ups/Box Jumps
Once everyone finished, 10 burpees OYO

Mosey to stairs
Calf raises x20 regular, 20 turned out, 20 turned in, 30 regular OYO
Once everyone finished, 10 burpees OYO

Mosey to playground
11s of Smurf Jacks and Squats
Once everyone finished, 10 burpees OYO

Mosey to benches
11s of Dips and Incline Merkins
7s of American Hammers and Flutter Kicks

Mosey to Baby Hill
3 times up Baby Hill with 6 burpees, 1 trip with sandbag

Mosey to parking lot and partner up
Dora’s
– 100 Merkins
– 50 Lunges
– 400 LBCs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX (Dimples (QIC), Proton, Woodshack, Cap’n Crunch, Crab Legs, Flanders, Waffle House, Mr. Ed)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM
Prayer for the racial tension in our country.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
2nd F Event this Friday night @ Tank’s
Alcoa/Maryville Launch, Saturday 10.14
Truckin’ To The Pound, Saturday 10.28
GROWRUCK05, 11.18-11.19

 

Bunch o Hunks at the DAWG POUND

THE SCENE: Perfect early morn weather yessirrr

WARM-O-RAMA:

Side straddle hop ~20 IC

Tempo Squats- 10 IC

5 Burpees

Merkins- 10 IC

Short Mosey

5 Burpees

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the tennis court

Dirt/Contact

  • 4 Count Flutter Kicks x 20
  • Inchworm Half the court
  • 3 burpees
  • Lunge second half
  • 3 burpees
  • Sprint back

Repeat two more times with the other two sets beginning with 20 merkins and 30 reverse crunches

Run Like an Antelope/You Enjoy Myself

Mosey to the track

Partner Section

  • At the entrance to the track, 4 count flutter kicks x 20
  • At the first turn, 20 dips, 10 burpees, 20 reverse crunches
  • Second turn, 10 sundials each leg, 20 merkins

Rinse and Repeat

Heavy Things

Mosey back to the AO for some dealer’s choice

Boat Canoe via Ratchet IC

Pickle Pounders via Mayberry IC

5 Cheeky Burpees at the end
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Recently, I have been thinking about the proper way to live life. It has become apparent that life is full of suffering, which is quite depressing, but there is a way to live in which nihilism does not creep. I believe that would be to live life accepting responsibility, which is a sacrifice, but it assigns meaning to life. I think that this is a very powerful idea. If you accept those things, then you will not find yourself hiding from pains and seeking only pleasures, but maybe you can confront the pains and compose something better for you and those around you.

Cain and Abel

I spoke briefly about the story of Cain and Abel. In the first half of the story a few things happen.

Abel is making good sacrifices and is looked upon favorably by God

Cain is making lackluster sacrifices and is not looked upon favorably by God

Abel’s life seems to manifest in an idealistic manner

Cain’s life is full of struggle

Cain becomes resentful and after being told by God to make better sacrifices, he decides to kill Abel (Abel is almost like the embodiment of the ideal, so in a way he is destroying what he could be if he makes the proper sacrifices).

The second half of the story deals with how to respond to an act, but the main points I wanted to convey lie in the first half

  1. You can choose to live a life without sacrifice, but it probably will be a life without meaning i.e. even if you have all the material goods you could ever want, they will not be actually worth anything, since you decided not to make a sacrifice and because of this, there is no meaning in your life.
  2. Making good sacrifices is your best chance to have your life manifest itself as close to the ideal as possible. It will not always work, but when it doesn’t, you just need to reorient your sacrifice. For example, I recently took an exam. I made some silly mistakes that will cost me, even though I restricted things I value (time with friends and family). However, all I need to do is reorient how I used that time and I will likely not make the same mistakes in the future.
  3. Pick the life full of meaning. Be responsible, make sacrifices. You will be forced to confront the unknown, gloom, pain, but you and the others around you will be better.

 

Burpee Breakfast

THE PAX:

Worm, Fabio, Bunny, Catgut, Cheatsheet, Smalls, Frank, Hang-Tight, Snitch, Pacman, Anchorman, Too Late, Pusger, G6, Guppy, Butterfly, Flanders, Quickbooks, Rusty, Tonka, Music City, Ribbed, Footprint, Zygote, Belding, Detention, Pfeiffer (QIC)

  Warm-O-Rama:

COP

– Cherry Pickers x10 IC

– Baby Arm Circles Forward x10 IC

– Baby Arm Circles Backward x10 IC

– Tempo Squats x10 IC

-Tempo Merkins x10 IC

-SSH x20 IC

The Thang:

Mosey to baseline of main parking lot

11’s

Starting at the baseline of main parking lot…

– 11’s with Squat Jumps and Burpees

-Begin with 1 squat jump sprint to opposite end of parking lot, do 10 burpees…rinse and repeat until PAX members are doing 10 squat jumps and 1 burpee

-Big Boy Sit-Ups when finished until recovery

 

Mosey to playground area for some more total body beat down.

Bench Work

Each member of the PAX find a bench and complete 11’s

-Box Jumps and Dips

-When finished find spot on padded surface of playground area and plank until recovery

Form two tight lines and mosey to bottom of Baby Hill

Merkin & Ab Circuit

Find a battle buddy…

Round 1- Partner A) sprint to incline of the hill and complete 25 incline merkins while Partner B) does flutter kicks at base of hill, Partner A & B switch roles and complete the set exercises

-10 count by Cheatsheet

Round 2- Partner A) sprints to incline of the hill, this time completing 25 decline merkins while Partner B) does Hello Dolly’s, A & B once again switch exercises

-10 count by Frank

Round 3- Partner A) sprints to top of the hill and completes 25 regular merkins while Partner B) completes Big Boy Sit-Ups, swap roles (as done in rounds 1-2)

-10 Count by Quickbooks

Round 4- Partner A) sprints to top of hill and completes 25 diamond merkins while Partner B) completes American Hammers.  (Switch roles so both partners have completed both exercises just like rounds 1-3)

-10 Count Woodshack

Mosey to back to main parking lot, keep same battle buddy

2×2

-Partner A lunges to first set of light poles then sprints to opposite end of parking lot and completes 2 Carolina Dry Docks while waiting Partner B) keeps moving by jump roping in place until partner A) returns (Switch roles and Partner B is now doing the lunges/sprint/dry dock sequence)

Rinse and repeat adding 2 dry docks to each round ending the total rep count from 2,4,6,8,10.

MARY

-Power T Flutter Kicks x15 IC

-Power T Hello Dolly’s x10 IC

COT

Number off and Name-O-Rama

BOM

I watched Clemson Head Football Coach Dabo Sweeney discuss how to handle situations where players did not stand during the National Anthem.  His points were interesting on a topic that has been heavy on my heart.  I had the following two points for us to reflect on:

Points to reflect on:

1.) God gave us two great commandments, first to, “Love the Lord our God with all of our heart, all of our mind, and all of our strength”.  Secondly, “Love your neighbor as yourself”.  God didn’t say love people that are your same race, religion, sexuality, etc., etc., fill in the blank but, God did say LOVE your neighbor as yourself.  We do not have to all agree with other’s actions but we must LOVE one another.

2.) To see change we have to look in the mirror because ultimately we all want good in this nation and world but we have different ideas of what that looks like so to accompany our immediate prayers let us also use the simplistic yet effective formula of LOVE and KINDNESS for our fellow man and change starts at home and spreads to impact others.

 

Ivan the Terrible

THE SCENE: 68 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey to Outhouse
15 Cherry Pickers
15 Big Boy Situps
Around the Worlds
Figure 8s
Halos
15 Merkins
Russian Swing
American Swing
Mosey to Outhouse

THA-THANG:
+IVAN the TERRIBLE
100 Jump Rope
50-40-30-20-10 Reps of:
Lunges (singles)
‘Merkins
Kettlebell Swings (American)
BBS

MARY:
Ivan was enough for the PAX
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I shared the Ultimate Life Problem (author: DREDD) and how we might work on our own discovery…if our own ULP wasn’t quite evident enough…
MOLESKIN:
Ivan was a good start to the day…definitely needed more PAX to enjoy it!  Where were you Butters? Late Night? Bueller? Bowflex?
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lunch at Whole Foods (Wednesdays) at Noon
Lunch at Brown Bag, Hardin Valley 11:30 Thursdays
Truckin’ to the Pound – 4 weeks out!!!